Server Consolidation

With the explosion of information Technology infrastructures fueled by the internet, e-commerce and automation, IT hardware and management costs continue to grow at a rapid pace. Server consolidation is not just about servers. It is about simplifying and optimizing existing infrastructures (servers, storage, databases, applications, networks and systems management processes) to provide a more rational, stable foundation for growth and new solution deployment with the goal of:

• Reduce Costs: Implementing a dedicated infrastructure reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) by lowering acquisition and management costs.
• Simplify Management: Consolidating servers assists to streamline management processes, reduce overhead, ensure data privacy / security and enables one to focus on the strategic and value added functions.
• Deliver Business Agility: Deploying reliable, scalable server solutions assists an enterprise to meet current business needs, respond quickly to changing business requirements, and help drive the creating of new businesses/opportunities.

	Server Consolidation
	With the explosion of information Technology infrastructures fueled by the internet, e-commerce and automation, IT hardware and management costs continue to grow at a rapid pace. Server consolidation is not just about servers. It is about simplifying and optimizing existing infrastructures (servers, storage, databases, applications, networks and systems management processes) to provide a more rational, stable foundation for growth and new solution deployment with the goal of: • Reduce Costs: Implementing a dedicated infrastructure reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) by lowering acquisition and management costs. • Simplify Management: Consolidating servers assists to streamline management processes, reduce overhead, ensure data privacy / security and enables one to focus on the strategic and value added functions. • Deliver Business Agility: Deploying reliable, scalable server solutions assists an enterprise to meet current business needs, respond quickly to changing business requirements, and help drive the creating of new businesses/opportunities.

	How Do I Get There? Tiered Consolidation Offerings • *Initial Feasibility Study:* Gathering of baseline statistics within your Intel environment to provide an initial assessment of just what applications/servers could be consolidated. • *Proof of Concept:* If VMware is new to your environment; Eastern Computer can customize a POC engagement to quickly show the value of the technology. • *Architecture Design / Solution Packaging:* In depth review of performance statistics within your environment, followed by a packaged solution for VMware software, EMC storage, and additional servers requirements, where needed. • *Implementation/Training:* Eastern Computer will fully implement the consolidation (using the VMware P-to-V, and other toolsets), and train staff to appropriate levels for admin and/or operator level support. • *Remote Support:* Customers may choose to support their Windows/Netware/Linux environments, while we support the underlying VMware infrastructure.

	Benefits of Our Solution • Collapse physical server counts by 20:1 to 40:1 and more • Achieve zero downtime for planned HW maintenance • Create new OS/app environments for test/dev in minutes, with no new server HW purchases • Achieve 70%-90% hardware utilization for your Intel environment • Test OS/app upgrades in a non-production VM instance, performing rollbacks with a simple reboot • Position for DR recovery from a simple, replicated VM image file

	Why Eastern? • E-Proven EMC Velocity2 Premier partner. Experts in Business Continuance, SANs, and mainframe solutions • Distributed Systems expertise • Trusted advisor status in Fortune 500 Companies • Multiple engagements delivering Backup to Disk solutions; complete professional services offering to deliver a turn-key environment • Proven working relationship with EMC